THE ULSTER CRISIS

Evening Star, Issue 18741, 17 September 1924, Page 4

THE ULSTER CRISIS

CABINET MEETS ATTITUDE UNYEILDING. Press AssockUon—By Telegraph—Copyright, j LONDON, September 16. -i (Received September 17, at 11.30 a.m.) ; The Ulster Cabinet mot this morning at i o‘loeve Court, S treatley-on-Thomes (Berkshire), the residence of Sir James Craig, and discussed the boundary question. All the members of the Cabinet were present ; except Mr E. M. Archdale, Minister of j Agriculture, who remained in Belfast as Minister in Charge. The Cabinet informed Mr Ramsay MacDonald that it hod decided to adhere to its decision, not to appoint a representative on the Boundary Commission.—Reuter. THE NEXT STAGE. i LONDON, September 16. (Received September 17, at 12.35 p.m.) The next stage in the Ulster boundary deadlock will he the assembling of the British Parliament on September 30, in an atmosphere suggesting a crisis.—A. and , N. Z. Cable, j LORD LONDONDERRY'S VIEWS. j LONDON, September 16. j (Received September 17, at 12.55 p.m.) Lord Londonderry (Minister of Educa* . tion in the Ulster Cabinet) informed tha ' ‘ Evening Standard ’ that be does not tee any value in the unanimous suggestion of twenty-one parliamentarians who toured the disputed am that the parties should seek a peaceful settlement before the , Commission was created. Lord Londonderry added that Ulster had nothing to 1 give away.

Other quarters suggest that in the event of tiro Commission being created, Ulster will appeal to the law courts to declare the Act ultra vires, because a self-govern-ing colony's boundaries cannot be contracted without its consent.—A. and N.Z. Cable.